Drafter
Clerk 01/03/2025
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to sign an agreement between King County, a political subdivision of the state of Washington, and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority organized under the laws of the state of Washington, regarding the operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within King County property.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and the Central Puget Sound Transit Authority worked cooperatively on the development of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension adjacent to the Marymoor park and East Lake Sammamish River trail.
2. A portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension includes light rail trackway facilities along the northern edge of Marymoor park and near the East Lake Sammamish River trail.
3. The facilities include driveways, trail, a guideway, and drainage infrastructure.
4. Through the attached operations and maintenance agreement, Attachment A to this ordinance, the county and Sound Transit agree to the operations and maintenance responsibilities for the Downtown Redmond Link Extension facilities that impact King County property.
5. The attached agreement also outlines Sound Transit's environmental mitigation requirements for the facilities and King County's agreement to reimburse Sound Transit for a portion of the mitigation requirements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into an operation and maintenance agreement between the King County parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks and the Washington state Department of Natural Resources, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this
ordinance, for the operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within King County property.